Famous People with Name James

James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Stephen "Big Jim" Hogg: was a Texas lawyer, doctor and statesman, and the 20th Governor of Texas. He was born near Rusk, Texas. Hogg was a follower of the conservative New South Creed which became popular following the U.S. Civil War, and was also associated with populism. He wa

James Frank Allee            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Frank Allee: was an American merchant and politician from Dover, in Kent County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly and as U.S. Senator from Delaware. He was known by his middle name

James Albon Mattox            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Albon Mattox: was a Dallas lawyer and Texas Democratic politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and agai

James Elliott            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Elliott: was a Massachusetts local and a Vermont representative. He fought in the Northwest Indian War of 1793 in Ohio, studied law afterward, and upon getting admitted to the bar in 1803, he began practicing in Brattleboro, Vermont. He was elected to the Eighth,

James Fisk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

James Fisk: was a politician from Vermont who was elected to the United States Senate and the House of Representatives. Born in Greenwich, Massachusetts, he was self-educated and served in the Revolutionary War from 1779 to 1782.Fisk was a member of the Vermont House

LeBron Raymone James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

LeBron Raymone James: is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). James, commonly nicknamed "King James," and sometimes referred to as "The L-Train" by Austin Carr, was highly promoted in the national media as a future NBA star while still in high school at St. Vincent - St. Mary High School, and was named Ohio's "Mr. Basketball" three times. At the age of 18, he was selected with the first overall pick in the 2003 NBA Draft by the Cavaliers and signed an unprecedented US$90 million shoe contract with Nike before his NBA debut. He has since set numerous youngest player records.

Michael Lamont James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Lamont James: is an American professional basketball player currently with the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.

Tim O'Connor James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Tim O'Connor James: is a former National Basketball Association player who, in a three-year career, played for the Miami Heat, the Charlotte Hornets and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Elmore James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Elmore James: was an American blues guitarist, singer, song writer and band leader. He was known as The King of the Slide Guitar and had a unique guitar style, noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice.ames was born Elmore Brooks in the old Richland community in Holmes County, Mississippi, (not to be confused with two other locations of the same name in Mississippi, one in Humphreys County and the other in Rankin County). He was the illegitimate son of 15-year-old Leola Brooks, a field hand. His father was probably Joe Willie "Frost" James, who moved in with Leola, and so Elmore took this as his name. His parents adopted an orphaned boy, Robert Holston, at some point.

Harry James            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Harry James: was a popular American musician and band leader, and a well-known trumpet virtuoso. James was one of the most outstanding instrumentalists of the swing era, employing a bravura playing style that made his trumpet work instantly identifiable. He was also one of the most popular bandleaders of the first half of the 1940s, and he continued to lead his band until just before his death, 40 years later